Improvement in folding bedsteads



W. W.ROGERS. FOLDING-BEDSTEADS.

No. 194,4177. Patented Aug.14,1877.

Ilia o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. ROGERS, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [94.177, dated August14, 1877; application led May 21,1877.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. ROGERS, oflndianapolis, county of Marion,and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFolding Bedsteads, of which the following is a specication Figure l is aside elevation, in section, on line a' rv, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a planview. Fig. 3 represents the bedstead folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a bedstead that may be easilyand quickly folded together, so that it will occupy but little space,and that may be as readily unfolded and put into condition'for use.

In the drawings, A A are the corner legs ot' the bedstead, and A1 A1 arelegs placed at the center of the sides and ends. To the legs A bars A2are jointed, and to the legs A1 bars A3 are jointed. These bars A2 A3are jointed at their lower and inner ends to a spider, B, and above thecenter of this spider an internallythreaded sleeve, (l, is supported bybraces a, that are attached to both it and the spider B. Braces D,havingthe bent forked ends b, are pivoted to the bars A2 at the extremity oftheir forked ends. These braces are also jointed to a spider, B', whichis placed centrally over the sleeve C. Braces D are also jointed to thespider B', and are provided at their outer ends with the forks c, whichembrace the bars A3, andare slotted to receive the pins d, that passthrough the saidvbars. A screw, E, passes through the spider B into thesleeve C, and is capable of drawing the spiders B B together whenscrewed into the said sleeve.

To each ot' the corner posts A a rod,` c, is jointed, which is providedwith a hooked end, that engages one of the loops f on one ofthe posts Alat the side ot' the bed, and rods g are jointed to the posts A1 at theends of the bedstead, and are provided with hooked ends, that engageloops IL at the side of the posts A. At the head and foot of thebedstead bows F are supported by sockets 'i on the posts A. These bowsare covered with canvas to form head and foot boards of the bedstead.

A bed-bottom, G, consisting of a netting of cords having a rope border,j, is provided with a number ot' hooks, k, having oblong loops l, whichare secured to the bottom Gby a strap, m, of webbing, which passesaround the rope border j of the bottom, and through the oblong loops lof hooks k, and one or both of its ends are fastened by buckles. Theoblong loops Zot' the hooks are divided centrally by a bar. n, thatprevents the strap from sliding in the loop.

In the present case the main portions of the bedstead are of wood,having metallic joints; but I do not confine myself to this particularmode of construction.

The manner of folding the' bedstead is as follows: The screw E isloosened, and the bottom Gfis removed, when the hooks c g are taken fromtheir loops, and the screw E removed from the sleeve C, when the spiderBl is raised up, drawing the braces D Dl with it.

The legs and other parts may now be folded The combination of the legs AA1, bars A2- A3, braces D D', spider B, sleeve G, spider B and screw E,and the rods e g, in combination,

substantially as shown and described.

W. W. ROGERS.

Witnesses: e

BYRON DAWSON, S. B. REMLEY.

